• Question: why do you like working in science?

    Asked by plasmadragon101 to Anna, George, Jodi, Rob, Stefan on 10 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by rcl_13_x, 3ve gb, Georgia, Ella.
    • Photo: George Ryall

      George Ryall answered on 10 Nov 2014:

      We’re working on the edge of what is known on problems no one knows the answerers to, that’s exciting to me. In my everyday work I work in a team that take new computing technologies and push them to the edge of what they were designed for. If I were working in industry, I’d be looking to use tried and tested technology in ways many people have used them before.

    • Photo: Anna Scaife

      Anna Scaife answered on 10 Nov 2014:

      Because we’re pushing the boundaries – if we already knew how to do it, or how something works, it wouldn’t be research!

    • Photo: Stefan Lines

      Stefan Lines answered on 10 Nov 2014:

      Sometimes, I remind myself – I am the only person in the entire world trying to answer this particular question. That is an amazing feeling. As George and Anna have both said, Science gives you the opportunity to do something that has never been done before. That means you never get bored!

    • Photo: Jodi Schneider

      Jodi Schneider answered on 10 Nov 2014:

      I’m never bored. I get a lot of freedom in my day-to-day work — to decide what questions are important, how to try to answer them, and when my work is ready to share with other people.

    • Photo: Rob Appleyard

      Rob Appleyard answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      I directly help scientists who are working on a really important project that delves deep into how the Universe works. It’s a huge project, so each person’s part is quite small, but together we can solve some really deep mysteries. That’s pretty cool.

      Plus, I get a lot of freedom in how I structure my time and priorities at work. I need to get my system working as well as I can, but there are plenty of ways of doing that and I enjoy figuring out which is the best.

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